Melanie J. Figueroa

austin, tx


Events:

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

Where: The Parish Room (At Jazz)

Date: 2008-02-01 21:00:00

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The music of Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars is a spirited, infectious, and soothing blend of traditional West African music, roots reggae and classic Rhythm & Blues. Comprised of six musicians living in or around Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown; their stories and music became the subject of an acclaimed documentary.

Spin Alley, Tri-Opus, Shannfab

Where: Momo's Lounge

Date: 2008-01-26 23:30:00

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Jabarvy

Where: The Parish

Date: 2008-02-07 21:00:00

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Jabarvy plays an eclectic mix of rock, jazz, folk, blues and funk. Jabarvy is on a mission to break down barriers between music genres and music listeners. This six-piece band features two contrasting lead guitarists, an all-female horn section, a lead-singing drummer and one of the most unique bassists anywhere. This eclectic band plays a mix of jazz, Tejano, funk and hip-hop in a dub format. As an American rooted rock band, Moving Matter's audio-epilepsy stuns with electronic weapons and soothes with disco intent.

The Heather Gold Show @ SXSW 08 : Opting Out

Where: Scholz Garten

Date: 2008-03-10 20:00:00

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Geek comedian Heather Gold links guests, ideas and the people formerly known as the audience in honest conversation. It's like a full body massage for your brain. Our 2008 theme: Opting Out “There are alphas, betas who want to be alphas, and gammas who opt out.” - Rosalind Wiseman Monday March 10th, 8pm Scholz Bier Garten part of the large EFF bash Joining Heather to perform, conversate and drink beer are: • Internet rockstar Jonathan Coulton • twitter founder Ev Williams • queer novelist Michelle Tea • gamemaker Jane McGonigal • Valleywag’s Nick Douglas • Ben Brown, the other Internet rockstar • you FREE TO SXSW BADGEHOLDERS $10 without to enter the entire EFF bash including music, theramins, Austin's finest geekery and environmentalist Bill McKibben.

The Motion Census

Where: Stubb's Bar B Q Restaurant

Date: 2008-02-21 22:00:00

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With a wall of rock guitars and vocal acrobatics that mirror the Mars Volta and Jeff Buckley, the Wartime Social brings a unique and powerful new genre to life. Through the combination of atmosphere and space, this band has become a part of the next major musical movement to embrace everyone.

May GeekAustin Happy Hour -- special WordPress edition

Where: J Black's Feel Good Lounge

Date: 2008-05-20 19:00:00

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Wordpress! Yeah! More details coming. To get on the invite list for future GeekAustin parties, send an email to linearb@gmail.com

Show & Tell : A digital slide jam

Where: Women & Their Work

Date: 2008-03-18 19:00:00

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Show & Tell : A digital slide jam Featuring : Robert Boland, Josh Rios, Corkey Sinks, and Jade Walker Tuesday, March 18, 7pm Show & Tell was everyone’s favorite day in elementary school. Some things never change. Come to Women & Their Work to see & hear about the work of four local artists. Don’t miss this great opportunity to keep up with the ever growing Austin art scene.

Jelly in Austin Meetup

Where: Cafe Caffeine

Date: 2008-02-29 09:00:00

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Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever, and work alongside other creative, fun people. Check out the event page or http://www.workatjelly.com/ for more information.

Dimmu Borgir

Where: Stubb's Bar B Q Restaurant

Date: 2008-04-21 18:00:00

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Dimmu Borgir is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Norway. Behemoth is an influential polish blackened death metal band.

Navdo presents Peel, The Black, The Story Of

Where: The Parish Room (At Jazz)

Date: 2008-03-21 21:00:00

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Starts at night. Costs money. There are lights and stuff. It's pretty exciting. The Black are great: http://www.myspace.com/theblack The Story Of is a hard band name to search for on Google.

Dreamweaver CS3:Website Development

Where: Lumenbrite Training Austin

Date: 2008-04-07 09:00:00

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Dreamweaver CS3 is everything you need to create a professional Web site whether you prefer to work with familiar visual layout tools or demand the control of a robust text-editing environment. The intuitive Adobe User Interface makes it easy to create and manage your site. Instantly create high-impact Adobe Flash (SWF) graphics directly in Dreamweaver, drop in content from Microsoft Office and easily import Adobe Fireworks CS3 rollovers, pop-up menus and buttons to create engaging Web experiences. Enroll today!Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of service.

The Sweethearts

Where: Stubb's Bar B Q Restaurant

Date: 2008-05-31 22:30:00

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The Sweethearts hail from Texas.